26 Months Reasonable Notice for Dependent Employee

Keenan v. Canac Kitchens Ltd., 2016 ONCA 79 (CanLII) concerns the amount of termination notice to be paid to a dependent employee. In this case the employer argued that the employees were independent contractors and that didn’t fly with the Court. On the facts the employees had an almost exclusive relationship with the employer and as such were treated as employees with regard to benefits. In addition, these were very long term employees and the Court found that 26 months was the appropriate notice period.